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throat and breast, always neat and trim, and a 

 songster. 



" From perch to perch the magpie hops, 

 And chirrups as he flies." 



NUNS, both black and white capped, often called 

 African manikins, are a really beautiful bird, their 

 white head forming a rich contrast with the choco- 

 late brown and black bodies. An aviary is hardly 

 complete without one of each. 



JAPANESE NUNS are a beautiful combination of 

 the purest white, intermingled with the much ad- 

 mired cinnamon color. These pets, being bred in 

 cages, are very tame, of a quiet disposition, and 

 sing so merrily that you would think two songs were 

 striving for united utterance. 



" There's a concert, a concert of gladness and glee ; 

 The programme is rich, and the tickets are free." 



Not less beautiful are the brown and white, and 

 yellow and white, charming pets that they are, and 

 with which you would not part. 



THE CORDON BLUE, native of Africa, or, as some 

 call this well-known finch, crimson-ear waxbill, is 

 one of great beauty. The male has a soft, pleasing 

 song, and is usually to be heard cooing, as if for 

 his own amusement. This little fellow has a pe- 

 culiar habit of singing with a bit of twine, or some- 

 thing which he can hold, in his bill. If he can find 

 a piece of cotton, or a stalk of any kind, he will 

 hop about his cage, and sing to his utmost. 



